Reginald Macaulay

Reginald Heber Macaulay (24 August 1858 – 15 December 1937) was an English footballer who won the FA Cup with Old Etonians in 1882 and made one appearance for England in 1878 playing as a forward.

Career

Macaulay was born in Hodnet, Shropshire and educated at Eton College, where he played for the college "soccer" team in 1878. He went up to Cambridge University where he won a "Blue" in 1881 and 1882. He was also an athlete and represented the university between 1879 and 1882 at the high jump and the quarter mile, becoming the Amateur Athletic Association high jump champion in 1879.

He continued to play for the Old Etonians whilst at university, helping them reach successive finals from 1881 to 1883, losing out 3–0 to Old Carthusians in 1881 and going down to a surprise 2–1 defeat to Blackburn Olympic in 1883. In the 1882 FA Cup Final, however, he scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Blackburn Rovers. According to the match report in Gibbons' "Association Football in Victorian England", "following an expert through ball by Dunn, Macaulay steered the ball between the Blackburn goalposts to secure a well-deserved half-time lead". [cite book |last= Gibbons|first= Philip|authorlink= |title= Association Football in Victorian England - A History of the Game from 1863 to 1900|year= 2001|publisher= Upfront Publishing |pages=pp.64-65 |isbn=1-84426-035-6] The Old Etonians were able to prevent Blackburn from scoring in the second half, thus claiming the cup for the second time in three years.

His solitary appearance for England came against Scotland on 9 April 1881, a few weeks before his first FA Cup Final appearance. Macaulay played as an inside forward, but England went down to a "humiliating" [cite book |last= Gibbons|first= |authorlink= |title= |year= |publisher= |pages=p.61 |isbn= ] 6-1 defeat.

On leaving university, he went to work in India, returning to England in 1901, becoming a merchant in London. [cite book | author=Graham Betts| title=England: Player by player | publisher=Green Umbrella Publishing | year=2006|pages=p.161| isbn=1-905009-63-1]

Honours

Football

;Old Etonians
*FA Cup winner: 1882
*FA Cup finalist: 1881 & 1883

Athletics

*Amateur Athletic Association high jump champion: 1879

References

External links

*Englandstats|id=615|name=Reginald Macaulay
* [http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=618 England profile]